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Nationwide, one in every 20 black men over the age of 18 is in prison. In five states, between one in 13 and on in 14 black men is in prison. This compares to one in 180 white men.
Source: Human Rights Watch, Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs (Washington DC: Human Rights Watch 2000), from their website at http://hrw.org.